The
famous Czech artist T. F.
imon (1877-1942) travelled frequently and
sent many letters and postcards, mainly to his family and the artist Hugo Boettinger. Most of these
correspondences, often with interesting information about his travels
and work, are now in the TF
imon-archives of the Literary Museum in the castle of Staré Hrady, south-west of Jicín in Czechia, not far from his native town Zeleznice.
We show you another collection of mostlyunwritten postcards
from the estate of the artist. These postcards are catalogued under their country of origin, with the
English name and their place of origin in the native language. The title
is according the postcard. Some of the postcards were sent to TF
imon.
The postcards are all from the first part of the 20th century and
considered their age in good condition; otherwise we mention the
defects; for example a few have little spots of paint left by the
artist, in these cases very authentic, yet!

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ADEN

Front: title "Maala load camels and cart.
No. 8".
Right small damage and in the corner a fold.
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted at the top "POST CARD" and
"Egyptian Cigarettes Factory M.S. Lehem & Co.,
Aden".
In the middle "This is a real photograph",
left "This space is for communication only",
right "For address only" and "Copyright".

Front: title "The main pass". No.
39.". Right corner has a fold.
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted at the top "POST CARD" and
"Egyptian Cigarettes Factory M.S. Lehem & Co.,
Aden".
In the middle "This is a real photograph",
left "This space is for communication only",
right "For address only" and "Copyright".

Front: title "Ships of the Desert, Aden.
No. 16.".
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted at the top "POST CARD" and
"Egyptian Cigarettes Factory M.S. Lehem & Co., Aden", right "Copyright" and "e 80425"

Front: title "The Tanks, Aden
No.14".
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted at the top "POST CARD" and
"Egyptian Cigarettes Factory M.S. Lehem & Co.,
Aden".
In the middle "This is a real photograph",
left "This space is for communication only",
right "For address only" and "Copyright".

Front: title "Round The Crescent, Aden.
No. 17".
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted at the top "POST CARD" and "Egyptian
Cigarettes Factory M.S. Lehem & Co., Aden".
In the middle "This is a real photograph",
left "This space is for communication only",
right "For address only" and "Copyright".

Front: title "Pozdrav iz
Kluca, Bosna."
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted text: "Correspondenz-Karte. Dopisnica." Slight fold in the right corner and some spots.

CANADA

Front: title "Brink of Horse
Shoe Falls Niagara Falls, Can."
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted "Post Card", right "The Address to be written
here" and a mark with "Made in Canada" (see below) and
left "This space may be used for Communication" and "Photogelatine
Engraving Co. Ltd., Ottawa".

Front: title "Horse Shoe
Falls, from Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls, Can."
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted "Post Card", right "The Address to be written
here" and a mark with "Made in Canada" (see above) and
left "This space may be used for Communication" and "Photogelatine
Engraving Co. Ltd., Ottawa".

CROATIA (Croatië,
Hrvatska)

DUBROVNIK (Ragusa)

Front: Right at the bottom a damaged
spot.Yet a nice image.
Back: no handwriting. Preprinted the title "DUBROVNIK". At
the bottom "36 KJD 2465"

Front: title "Ragusa-Borgo-Pille-Parc-Gradec"
and
"Verlag von Bernhard Weiss, Ragusa". A small wrinkle left, not
visuable in the image.
Back: no handwriting. Preprinted "Correspondenz-Karte." and
"Dopisnica."

Front: title "LITOMYSL. -
Synagoga s okolím."
Back: no handwriting. Preprinted "DOPISNICE."Left Nákladem
knihkupectví J.R.Veselíka"and number "9958". In the
middle at the bottom a mark and number "1077".

This postcard, dated 20-8-1937 was
sent to Mr. T.F. imon, ac. painter prof. of the ac. of arts,
Prague Bubenec, Na Zátorce. The writer is Alois Moravec (a Czech
painter and graphic artist born 1899). H.Cabes(?) and V. Polivka (=Vaclav
Polivka, a Czech painter and graphic artist born 1896 and lived in
Strakonice) signed the postcard, too.

ENGLAND (Engeland,
Great-Brittain)

LONDON

Front: title "London The
Tower Bridge". The right corner below is damaged.
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted "POST CARD."; right "(For Address Only)."
and a mark (see below); left a weapon (see below) and "for postage,
in the united kingdom only, this space may be used for
correspondence." and "Raphael Tuck & Sons' VIEW - Series
1135. Phototyped in Austria. art publishers to their majesties the king
and queen."

Weapon and mark on the back of the
postcard above.

Front: title "The Houses of
Parliament and Westminster Bridge London". "Stengel
& Co., London E.C. 39 Redcross Street 4302". Some spots.
Back: no handwriting. Preprinted "POST CARD the address to be
written on this side."; right "printed at Works,
Dresden." and
"inland ˝ d. STAMP foreign 1 d."

Front: title "LIVERPOOL
STREET STATION - LONDON".
Back: no handwriting. Preprinted "POST CARD'; right "The
address only to be written here." and "Printed at works in
Berlin"; right "This Space as well as the Back may be used for
Inland Communication (Post Office Regulation)" and "Empire
Series No. 44. London W.C. Copyright".

Front: title "Tower Bridge.
LONDON." Some small spots.
Back: no handwriting. Preprinted "POST CARD the address to be
written on this side"; left "for inland postage only"
and "This space may be used for Communication". and
"No. 561"; right "Printed at our works in Saxony".

Front: title "LONDON. THE
TOWER OF LONDON FROM RIVER" and number "56826". Some
remnants of paint of the artist TF imon.
Back: no handwriting. Preprinted "POST CARD'; right "for
address"; left "for correspondence" and "Copyright
Publication by Photochrom Co. Ltd., London and Tunbridge Wells".

STRATFORD-ON -AVON

Front: title "Shakespeare's
Birthplace. Stratford-on-Avon."
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted "POST CARD.";left "For the
British Isles only. This space as well as the Back may be used for correspondence; Vide Post Office Regulations.";
right "the address only to be written here." and in the corner
the word "stamp".

Back: preprinted left the title
"ASSISI - Porta S. Giacomo."
At the bottom number "69946" and
"Proprietŕ Artistica Riservata".
In the middle "Grafica - Sezione Edizioni d'Arte - Roma
and the mark below:

CAPRI

Front: title ""CAPRI - I
Faragloni della Via Krupp.
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted left at the bottom a mark, the number "10648"and
"Edit. Brunner & C., Como".
Right a mark, too. See below.

Back: handwriting of the artist TF
imon to his son
Ivan imon in Prague. Then the family imon lived in their new-built
villa Zatorka 483 (also called V Tisine 10) in the quarter Bubenec.
In may 1924 TF imon was in Italy, the card is dated 29/4 1924 and
stamped in Rom. The artist writes he is enjoying his trip and the next
day will travel to Neapoli (Napels).

Back of the postcard above. It was
written by Rudolf Hála, he sent the postcard from Strbské Pleso in
Slovakia on 5/8 1934 to
professor TF imon, Zatorka 483, Praha-Bubenec.
Rudolf Hala was born in Prague in 1892 and was graphic artist,
typographer and writer.

Front: title "45.-GRANADA - Alhambra -
Arco de Elvira".
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted at the top "TARJETA POSTAL",
right "Direccion",
left Correspondencia" and "Andrés Faber:, Editor,
Valencia".

SEVILLA

Front: title "SEVILLA. La Catedral y
Plaza del Triunfo".
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted "TARJETA POSTAL" and "Union Postal Universal
Espańa".
Left at the bottom "C.R.S. 173". Some spots of ink left by the
artist TF imon.

Front: title "SEVILLA. Fachada principal
del Alcazar."Some spots of ink left by the artist TF imon.
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted "TARJETA POSTAL" and "Union Postal Universal
Espańa".
Left at the bottom "C.R.S. 178".

SRI LANKA

Front: some damaged spots, not infecting the
image.
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted at the top
"PLÂTÉ`S POST CARD" and "Printed in Great
Britain".
Right "For Address only",
left "For Correspondence" and
"Copyright by Plâté Ltd., Colombo" and the title
"177. Tamil High Priest".

Front: title "Talipol Palms in Flowers,
Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon".
Some rests of ink by the artist TF imon.
Back: no handwriting.
Preprinted at the top "POST CARD" and "Printed in
Saxony.".
Right "Address to be written here." and "Stamp
here".
Left "This space for communication." and "No. 104.
Copyright by Plâté Ltd., Ceylon."

TURKEY (Turkije)

ISTANBUL (Constantinopel)

Front: title
Ďstanbul, Halic (Corne d`Or)".
At the bottom a little dirt.
Back: handwritten. See below.

Back: handwritten card send 20-07-1935 from
Istanbul to "Pan prof. T.F. imon, prof. akad. vytar. umeni, Praha
- Bubenec, V Tisine 485?, Tschčcoslovaquie".
Translation: "Mr. professor T.F. imon, professor at the Academy of
Design. Prague - Bubenec, V Tisine 483, Czechoslovakia".
The address was written wrong, it had to be Zatorka 483 or V Tisine 10,
but he got the postcard.
This postcard was sent from Emil Kohler. He writes "Srdecne
pozdravy"(= With kind regards).
The stamp is intact.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

STATE OF NEW YORK

Front: title "Half Moon. Cornwall-N-Y".
Back: no handwriting.

Front: title "Storm King Highway."
Back: no handwriting.

Front: title "Storm King Highway."
Back: no handwriting.

JAPAN

Front: small fold in left corner.
Back: no handwriting. Preprinted: see below with a mark with
Chinese/Japanese characters.We recieved an e-mail from a visitor from
Japan, who kindly informed us the location.
Hakone in Japan; Lake Ashinoko